Argentina Publishes The First EQ-5D Value Set In
Latin America

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Argentine health policy should take into account its population’s values, and this is the first study to measure health preferences within Argentina.The objectives were to estimate an Argentine value set for EQ-5D health states and to compare these[...]

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Aquarobics For Pregnant Women Makes For A Less
Painful Delivery

post from ZAMP Bionews on 21 November 2008 11:57:18 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

A course of water aerobics classes has been shown to reduce the amount of pain-killing medication women request during labor. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Reproductive Health has shown that, as well as being safe, the[...]

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Your Code Of Conduct Applies To Your Personal
Life, UK

post from ZAMP Bionews on 21 November 2008 11:56:37 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

The NMC would like to remind nurses and midwives that they are personally accountable for their actions at all times, including how they behave in their personal life.In 2007-2008, nearly 15 percent of Fitness to Practise hearings related to allegations[...]

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Construction Firms Warned To Keep Health And
Safety Under Review After Two Companies Fined Following Fatal Accident, UK

post from ZAMP Bionews on 21 November 2008 11:55:21 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

Construction companies were today warned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to keep health and safety under constant review throughout the life of a project.The warning comes on the day when Sellafield Ltd and P C Richardson & Co.[...]

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Uncertainty Can Be More Stressful Than Clear
Negative Feedback

post from ZAMP Bionews on 21 November 2008 11:54:40 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

We are faced with uncertainty every day. Will our investments pay off? Will we get the promotions we are hoping for? When faced with the unknown, most people experience some degree of anxiety and discomfort. Exactly how much anxiety someone experiences[...]

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Early Warning System To Predict Flash Floods

post from ZAMP Bionews on 21 November 2008 11:53:53 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

Flash floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, and because of their unpredictability they’re the leading weather-related cause of death for Americans. They usually arrive with little or no warning, but a Tel Aviv University[...]

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Lung Association Praises Throne Speech Commitment
To Lung Health

post from ZAMP Bionews on 21 November 2008 11:53:07 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

The Lung Association today released the following statement in response to the 2008 Speech from the Throne:The Lung Association is pleased to see the government’s Throne Speech commitment to improving the lung health of Canadians.Approximately 6[...]

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A Key Question For The Uterine Muscles In
Pregnancy: To Contract Or Not

During pregnancy, the muscles of the uterus are relatively inactive. A switch to an activated state capable of strong contractions is therefore essential prior to the onset of labor. Kathleen Martin and colleagues, at Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon,[...]

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Warning Displays May Function As Honest Signals
Of Toxicity

Are warning signals honest? We are familiar with the fact that dangerous prey animals advertise their toxins with bright colouration (bees, wasps, ladybirds etc).The (antioxidant) molecules used by prey to make themselves brightly pigmented may also be[...]

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Symposium: Public Health And Human Rights: The
Work Ahead Of Us

On December 5, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The New York Academy of Sciences will host a half-day symposium to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event, “Public Health and Human[...]

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